How does Mauritius rank for paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology)?

Mauritius ranks 3rd out of 154 countries with data for 2019.

Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) in Mauritius

Name: Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) in Mauritius
Creator: World Bank
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Mauritius: Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) was 97.86 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)

97.86

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

3rd

of 154 countries

All-time high

97.86

in 2018

All-time low

69.18

in 2015

Years of data

2015–2019

Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) in Mauritius, 2015–2019

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Mauritius recorded 97.86 for paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

The figure is up 41.5% over five years.

Mauritius ranks 3rd of 154 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) in Mauritius?: Paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) in Mauritius was 97.86 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) recorded in Mauritius?: The highest recorded value was 97.86 in 2018.
What is the lowest paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology) recorded in Mauritius?: The lowest recorded value was 69.18 in 2015.
How does Mauritius rank for paying taxes: time to obtain vat refund (weeks) (db17-20 methodology)?: Mauritius ranks 3rd out of 154 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Mauritius data come from?: The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Paying taxes: Time to obtain VAT refund (weeks) (DB17-20 methodology) - Score
Source: World Bank
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 156 places, 780 data points, 2015–2019
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026

The score for time to obtain VAT refund benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance, and is computed based on the methodology in the DB17-20 studies.